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Diagnosis and treatment of the cause of catheter dysfunction of central verlous port access system

  

  1. 1.Department of Breast Center, the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijazhuang
    050011, China; 2.Department of Radiology, the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical
    University, Shijazhuang 050011, China
  • Online:2016-10-25 Published:2016-11-04

Abstract: [
Abstract ] Objective ToinvestigatethevalueofthechestX-rayanddigitalsubtraction
angiography ( DSA ) incentralvenousportaccesssystem (
CVPAS ) catheterdysfunction.Methods
Onehundredandforty-twocasesofcatheterdysfunctionofCVPASwerestudied.Weanalyzed
thecausesofcatheterdysfunctionbythechestX-rayandDSA , treatedthecausesandobserved
theeffect.Results Thecausesof98 ( 69.01% ) catheterdysfunctionpatientswerefoundbyDSA
andchestX-rayin142casesofcatheterdysfunction , including51casesoffibrinshellformation ,
13casesofcatheterbendinthebodies , 11casesofcatheterfracture , 8casesofPinch-offsign , 7
casesofthrombusformation , 5casesofabnormallocationofendcatheterand3casesofcatheter
fastenerloosenessorfallout.Wetreatedthe98casesofcatheterdysfunctionagainstthesecauses.
77patients'CVPAScouldcontinuedtobeusedand21patients'CVPASwereremoved.Conclusion
ThechestX-rayisthe mostsimpleandeffective methodtofindthecausesofcatheter
dysfunctionofCVPAS.ThemainreasonforCVPAScatheterdysfunctionisfibrinshellformation.
DSAandthechestX-raycaneffectivelyevaluatethecauseofCVPAScatheterdysfunction , which
isworthyofclinicalapplication.

Key words: infusion, intravenous, catheter dysfunction, angiography